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Dear China

Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820–1980

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvGregor Benton,Hong Liu

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Qiaopi is one of several names given to the “silver letters” Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times.Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions’ socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-24
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieUniversity of California Press
Antal sidor288
FörlagUniversity of California Press
MedarbetareGungwu Wang
ISBN9780520298439

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Gregor Benton is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. His books include Mountain Fires: The Red Army’s Three-Year War in South China and The Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora (coedited with Hong Liu and Huimei Zhang). Hong Liu is Tan Kah Kee Endowed Professor of Asian Studies and Chair of School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His publications include China and the Shaping of Indonesia, 1949–1965 and Singapore Chinese Society in Transition.

List of Maps and TablesForeword by Wang GungwuAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism4. Qiaopi Geography5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters ComparedConclusionsAppendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi LettersGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex